Thus the title of today's blog. Allegra asked me for a banana bread recipe. I shared this one with her. I, myself, made it on Friday. The recipe says you'll have batter enough for 2 loaves. Alas, I only had one loaf pan. I did, however, have a muffin tin and a "disher." Thus I made muffins for immediate consumption and sharing with a FS group and saved the bread for today, Monday, Date Night. The following is how I plan to utilize it:
Banana Bread-Bread Pudding Recipe
By elle
This bread pudding is made with banana bread instead of plain bread, and it's very decadent and comforting at the same time. I had an extra loaf of banana bread that I needed to freeze or do something with, and along with the help of a few friends, came up with this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 loaf banana bread (approximately 9 x 5 or 8 x 4 inches, or about 6 cups total cubed banana bread)
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 2 cups milk
- 4 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 banana, chopped or sliced (you may need 2 if they're small)
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350°; grease an 8 inch square baking dish.
- Slice the banana bread into 1 inch slices, place the slices on a baking sheet, and toast in the oven, about 8-10 minutes, then cut into cubes.
- Layer half the cubes, then the banana, then the rest of the bread cubes, all in the baking dish.
- Whisk the half and half, milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl, and pour over the banana bread cubes in the baking dish.
- Let it sit for about 5 minutes before putting it in the oven.
- Bake for one hour--a knife inserted in the center will look wet, but mostly clean.
- Let it set for 5-10 minutes, and scoop out and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
The only changes I intend to make are these: I will use brown sugar as that is what I used in the bread itself. And I think I'll add a little rum. Okay, and I have to fudge on the 1/2 and 1/2 as I bought whipping cream by mistake.
As for the rest of date night? You'll have to wait. In the meantime though, I have a question for you--How do you like to eat your bananas?
KHM out
4 comments:
How do i like my bananas? With peanut butter of course! Or, try a "green smoothie", blend a banana, a pear, some frozen blueberries, and a generous handful of fresh spinach with apple juice...you won't even taste the spinach and you'll feel very healthy!
I'd have to say about the only way I eat bananas is in banana bread. The only time I eat bananas is when they come in a fruit salad that is served to me, or if my body is craving potassium.
Your recipes sound good, I just may have to try them...
i rarely eat bananas, but when i do, i eat them fresh. i made banana bread for the first time ever this pas weekend (to be accurate, brian made it), but i do love it.
Wish I had this recipe a week ago when I made another loaf of banana bread b/c I didn't know what else to do with all the bananas I had!! I also like bananas sliced on ice cream with chocolate syrup and whipped cream and bananas with Nutella (w/ or w/o whole wheat bread as the base).
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